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Vintage Bakhtiari Tribal Rug
200 × 300 cm · Madder Red and Indigo
A mid-twentieth-century village weaving from the Bakhtiari lands of south-west Iran, with a floral medallion in madder red and indigo.
The Bakhtiari Weaving Tradition
The Bakhtiari (Bakhtiar) are one of the large tribal confederations of the Zagros Mountains in south-west Iran. While the tribe is best known for the geometric “garden” compartment rugs, its village workshops also produced a more curvilinear, floral repertoire — and this piece belongs to that second tradition: a sturdy, warm rug with the colour confidence of a tribal weaving and the drawing of a town carpet.
This is a mid-twentieth-century piece, hand-knotted in highland wool and coloured with traditional vegetable and mineral dyes. Decades of use have given it a gentle, even patina.
Design and Colour
The composition is built around a central floral medallion with matching spandrels in the corners, set on a deep madder-red field and framed by a broad indigo-blue main border. The field and medallion are filled with finely drawn flowerheads, rosettes, palmettes and curling vinework, with small birds worked into the pattern. The palette is polychrome: madder red and indigo carry ivory, rose and old-pink, soft greens, saffron-yellow and touches of brown.
Presence in the Room
At 200 × 300 cm (6.0 m²) this is a generous room-size rug. Three settings in which it works well:
- Living room: beneath a seating group, the deep red ground anchors the room and the floral drawing rewards a closer look.
- Library or study: the warm, traditional palette and dense pattern suit a room of books and dark wood.
- Dining room: the wool pile and the polychrome field suit a dining setting.
Specifications
| Size | 200 × 300 cm (7 × 10 ft) · 6.0 m² |
| Provenance | Bakhtiari tribal region, south-west Iran (Zagros) |
| Material (pile) | 100 % Wool (highland wool) |
| Material (foundation) | 100 % Cotton (warp and weft) |
| Technique | Hand-knotted |
| Design | Floral medallion and corner spandrels, polychrome field |
| Dyes | Traditional vegetable and mineral dyes |
| Colours | Madder red and indigo, with ivory, rose, green and saffron |
| Era | Mid-20th century (vintage) |
| Condition | Good vintage condition, even patina with some areas of lower pile |
| Certificate | On request, certificate of authenticity with origin and all relevant data |
| Underfloor heating | Suitable |
| Reference | #13519 |
Djoharian — Five Decades of Oriental Rug Expertise
With roots in the Grand Carpet Bazaar of Tehran and more than five decades of experience in the international rug trade, Djoharian has dealt in antique and tribal rugs since 1967. Djoharian is also a Label STEP certified dealer for fair-trade knotted rugs (new production).
Service and Delivery
Every piece is expertly inspected in our atelier in Lohr am Main before dispatch. For expert washing and repair we offer our own professional rug cleaning service. Secure, fully insured worldwide delivery.
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